Keeping chronicles
Subtitle: preserving history through written memorabilia
By: Rosemary Sassoon
Publisher: A. & C. Black
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9781408129005
Subjects: Sources; Souvenirs (Keepsakes); Handbooks, manuals; Preservation; History
Description: KEEPING CHRONICLES explores the importance of preserving written memorabilia - be it old diaries, letters, sketchbooks, legal papers, and every old cookery or school books. All too often these items are discarded as of little worth when there is not much storage space available. However, these are fantastic resource. They bring ancestors to life and contribute to family and locals as well as national history.
Table of contents: title: Why collect?; title: Diaries; title: Letters; title: Postcards and even envelopes; title: Memoirs; title: Travel records; title: Business and legal records; title: Day books, commonplace books and albums; title: Professional or personal scrapbooks; title: Schoolbooks, reports, etc.; title: Cookery books and household lists; title: Advice from professionals in the field.